MOURNING GIVES THANKS, TURKEYS.(SPORTS)

Byline: Associated Press

MIAMI -- Alonzo Mourning of the Miami Heat, sidelined for the season because of a kidney problem, provided a Thanksgiving Day lunch for 65 families Thursday at the Miami Rescue Mission Center for Women and Children near downtown Miami.

``This is wonderful -- it's great to see he's interested in the community,'' said Miami Rescue Mission Center director Ronald Brummitt, who noted that Mourning called the shelter weeks ago to offer the lunch. ``It's nice to know he likes to take time off to visit people, especially on Thanksgiving.''

At 6-foot-10, Mourning …

IPO funding set to boost refinery: RRC aims to raise up to B30bn next week.

May 12--Rayong Refinery Plc (RRC) announced yesterday that it would float almost 1.4 billion shares to raise between 28 billion and 30 billion baht in an initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for next week.

Proceeds from the IPO will be used to promote further integration between the country's upstream petrochemical industry and the PTT Plc-owned oil refinery, according to Chainoi Puankkosom, the president of RRC.

RRC has decided to expand production capacity with the construction of a reforming and upgrading complex for an estimated US$560 million.

The new site would help the company produce and supply reformate for The Aromatics (Thailand) Plc, …

Kazakh uranium output fails to meet target

Kazakhstan increased uranium production by almost one-third in 2008, but fell short of its previous output projection of more than 9,000 tons amid falling demand, the state-owned nuclear energy company said Thursday.

The Central Asian nation hopes to nearly quadruple production over the next ten years and overtake Canada and Australia to become the world's largest supplier of nuclear fuel.

Uranium production reached 8,521 tons last year, a 28.5 percent increase from 6,637 tons in 2007, Kazatomprom said in a statement.

The output forecast for next year is 11,900 tons, depending on conditions on the …

Improvement district to move headquarters

The James Street Improvement District in mid-August will move its headquarters one block south of its location on the 200 block of West James Street in Lancaster.

The organization will occupy about 2,700 square feet at 354 N. Prince St., which also is home to Isaac's Restaurant & Deli's corporate offices and Robson …

New journal on disruptive science and technology launching in 2012.

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com) announces the launch of Disruptive Science and Technology, a highly innovative, bimonthly peer-reviewed journal that seeks to publish game-changing research that has the potential to significantly improve human health, well-being, and productivity. The Journal will present new and innovative results, essential data, cutting-edge discoveries, thorough syntheses and analyses, and publish out-of-the-box concepts that will improve the way we live. Complete information on the Journal is available online at http://www.liebertpub.com/dst (see also Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News).

"Although much has been …

PCC proposes 1 campus for health-care courses.

Byline: Eric Swedlund

May 7--Pima Community College is proposing a $35 million health-care campus -- adjacent to the county's Kino hospital -- that would consolidate 24 programs that educate thousands of students in nursing and other health-related fields.

The proposal, announced publicly for the first time Friday by Chancellor Roy Flores, seeks to put the $35 million proposal on the ballot for the county's 2008 bond election.

If approved, the campus would build a 120,000-square-foot facility at the Kino complex, 2800 E. Ajo Way, with new state-of-the art labs and all of the college's existing health-education equipment. The facility would be …

NEW LEADER TAKES OFFICE IN POLAND.(MAIN)

Byline: JANE PERLEZ - New York Times

With a warning from President Lech Walesa not to squander the last four years of movement toward a market economy, Poland's new prime minister, the leader of a former Communist party, was sworn in Tuesday along with a 20-member Cabinet.

The new prime minister, Waldemar Pawlak, 34, who was described recently by Walesa as not being up to the job, responded to the president's admonition by saying his government would contribute to the "growth trend."

Pawlak takes charge at a delicate time in Poland's transition from communism to capitalism.

With the fastest-growing economy in Europe this year, Poland …

Black AG, Wallace's daughter celebrate in Selma

The nation's first black attorney general and Gov. George C. Wallace's daughter celebrated the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march Sunday _ 44 years after state troopers from her father's administration beat marchers as they started the landmark journey.

Peggy Wallace Kennedy introduced Attorney General Eric Holder at a historic Selma church filled to overflowing.

` "It's reconciliation and redemption," Wallace's daughter said.

Selma's annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee, commemorating the 1965 voting rights march, brought together civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Joseph Lowery in addition to the attorney general and …

Triton set to hire Lollino as coach

Former Westinghouse basketball coach Frank Lollino reportedlywill be named coach at Triton College in west suburban River Grove.

Lollino, dismissed following the 1986 season after a disputewith his principal, built Westinghouse into one of the strongestprograms in the state. He coached all-staters Eddie Johnson, MarkAguirre, Skip Dillard and Bernard Randolph and guided the Warriors tothird place in the Class AA tournament in 1981 and to the Elite Eightin 1978.

Lollino would succeed Clarence Griffin, who was dismissed. To say St. Charles coach Buck Drach is expecting big things fromjunior running back David Zeitz is an understatement. "He'll be thebest kid …

Labeling kits.(Dyes & Stains Focus)

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AnaSpec released new AnaTag APC, B-PE, and R-PE Labeling Kits. Labeling of antibodies can be both tedious and time-consuming. Without the use of proper techniques and reagents, the conjugation may result in suboptimal or no labeling. These labeling kits contain all the reagents needed for optimized labeling of antibodies. The phycobiliproteins, modified by SMCC, result in the creation of SH-reactive …

HELEN QUINN CONLEY.(CAPITAL REGION)

TROY Helen M. Quinn Conley died Tuesday at Eden Park Nursing Home.

She was born and educated in Cambridge, and was a graduate of Albany Business College.

Mrs. Conley worked as a stenographer for the state Department of Transportation for many years.

She was a member of the Catholic Daughters. …

History favors Massa at Turkish GP but Kovalainen looking to change that

History says Felipe Massa should win the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday.

However, McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen is hoping to drive his own way into history.

Massa will start his Ferrari from pole position just in front of Kovalainen, who only 13 days ago was being pulled unconscious from his McLaren after a high-speed crash at the Spanish GP.

Since the first race at the Istanbul Speed circuit three years ago, no pole-sitter has ever lost _ including Massa the past two years.

Kovalainen's career-best qualifying performance comes two days after governing body FIA said the Finn was fit to race following his crash at 240 kilometers per …

Studies from Erlangen University have provided new data on breast cancer.(Report)

"The aim of this study was to evaluate factors affecting the risk for reexcision following breast-conserving surgery. Positive tumor margins are critical for local disease control following surgery for breast cancer," researchers in Erlangen, Germany report (see also Breast Cancer).

"Several factors, including tumor size, multifocality, and an extensive in situ component, may be associated with a higher rate of repeat operations due to positive margins. This study included mammographic density in the analysis. A total of 565 breast cancer patients were considered eligible for breast-conserving therapy after a core biopsy had confirmed malignancy. The patients' …

NATO chief calls for perseverance in Afghanistan

Afghanistan is the most complex challenge that NATO has ever undertaken, but the alliance must remain engaged there to prevent the country from turning back into an al-Qaida training ground, the organization's top official said Thursday.

Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said some critics are starting to say that the cost of engagement in the eight-year war is too high, but he countered that "the cost of inaction would be far higher."

"Leaving Afghanistan behind would once again turn the country into a training ground for al-Qaida. The pressure on nuclear-armed Pakistan would be tremendous. Instability would spread throughout central Asia …

Israeli Institutions Vie for Looted Art

JERUSALEM - Two Israeli institutions are battling for custody of an unclaimed collection of artwork plundered by the Nazis - a dispute over who best represents the victims of the Holocaust and their descendants.

The Israel Museum, repository of such national treasures as the Dead Sea Scrolls, has control of the collection and is fighting to keep it. It is up against a company headed by a Holocaust survivor that is legally entrusted with locating the property of victims.

Such disputes have become familiar around the world in the 62 years since the Holocaust ended. Now, as Israel marks its annual remembrance day from Sunday to Monday for the six million Jews killed by the Nazis, the fight is being waged on its own soil.

The stakes are high: Although the museum says most of the roughly 1,200 paintings and items of Judaica have little monetary value, they include important paintings such as one by the early 20th century Austrian master Egon Schiele thought to be worth more than $20 million.

None of the museum's pieces has ever been claimed by survivors or heirs, the museum said. But a law passed last year requires Holocaust victims' property to be turned over to the restitution company, known as The Company for Locating and Retrieving Assets of People Who Were Killed in the Holocaust.

The Israel Museum contends that as a national institution of the Jewish state it is the most fitting home for the Holocaust art. The museum was chosen "to be a custodian of this cultural legacy for the benefit of the public in the State of Israel," museum director James Snyder said.

"We have taken that charge seriously and we hope and feel that we have conducted ourselves honorably and responsibly with respect to it," Snyder told The Associated Press.

But Avraham Roet, 78, the Holocaust survivor who heads the restitution group, said the museum has no special status.

"The Jewish people is demanding the return of looted property around the world, and there is no reason that the Jewish people should behave differently with itself and with its own institutions," Roet told AP.

Controlled by Holocaust survivors' groups and other Jewish organizations, Roet's company is required by law to look for heirs to the recovered property, and if none are found, sell the property and distribute the money to needy survivors.

The Dutch-born Roet, who survived the Nazi occupation of Holland as a child hidden by Christian families, says the law requires the museum to turn over any artwork that might have belonged to Holocaust victims - including everything it received from the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization, which took control of much unclaimed Jewish property in postwar Europe.

Only a few of the disputed pieces are exhibited in the museum, all tagged as having come from JRSO. The rest are held in storerooms - and many never displayed.

Lucille Roussin, an expert on looted art at New York University, says the museum could have done more to find heirs. "The pieces have been in the basement for however many years - how can anybody claim it? You have an obligation to put it out there," she said.

The museum argues that much of the artwork belonged to Jewish museums and synagogues in Europe and that the rest is untraceable, meaning it didn't necessarily belong to individual victims.

"If there's no record, there's just no way to know," Snyder said.

The museum has returned some 20 pieces claimed by heirs, including Camille Pissarro's "Boulevard Montmartre: Spring" in 2000. The original owners' heirs agreed to leave the painting on display at the museum accompanied by an explanation of its history.

But Roet says everything must be turned over, and that when the company gains control, "we'll have an exhibit in a big hall and maybe someone will recognize something that used to belong to them or their family."

Michael Bazyler, an expert on Holocaust restitution at Whittier Law School in California, said that "overall, the Israel Museum has been good," but should make the artwork accessible to victims and heirs on the Internet. The museum says it is already compiling an online catalog.

Worldwide, experts say, anywhere between 250,000 and 600,000 pieces of art looted by the Nazis are still with museums, governments and private collectors.

Looted art, says Bazyler, remains "the unfinished business of World War II."

GE's global marketing opens online community.(News)

Byline: KATE MADDOX

General Electric Co. is realizing significant cost savings and other benefits from MarkNet, an internal online community designed to improve communication and create best practices among members of its global marketing group.

MarkNet is powered by technology company Think Passenger and provides collaboration tools for GE's global team of marketing professionals. It is part of GE's Gold Standard marketing excellence program, which debuted in January.

"We have about 5,000 marketers across GE, which is [up 40%] since 2002, said Beth Comstock, senior VP-CMO at GE, during a speech at the Business Marketing Association's annual Engage …

SMITHTON MAN SENTENCED FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 4 -- The U.

S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Springfield Field Office issued the following press release:

In his ongoing pursuit of adults who prey on children, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that a Smithton man, convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison. Joshua Burgard, of Smithton, Illinois, received a 210-month sentence for receipt of child pornography. Following release from imprisonment, Burgard will serve a 15-year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender. Burgard was also fined $1,000 and ordered to pay a $200 special assessment. Burgard pleaded guilty to the charges on February 18, 2011. USA Wigginton renewed his pledge to use all legal means to combat those adults who would deprive children of their childhood by exploiting them sexually.

Please note: Because this case involved minor children local to this area, no further description of the acts constituting the offenses will be provided in order to protect the privacy of the minors and to assist them in their healing process.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

The investigation in this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cybercrimes Task Force. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nicole E. Gorovsky. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com

COURT PROPS UP NCAA.(SPORTS)

Byline: From wire services

The NCAA was told Tuesday it can continue for now to use standardized test scores to determine freshman eligibility, a development that could buy the association up to eight months in its ongoing fight over the academic standards known as Proposition 16.

A three-judge appeals panel in Philadelphia granted the NCAA a stay of the March 8 ruling that threw out Prop 16. The original ruling, by District Court Judge Ronald Buckwalter, claimed the standardized-test component has an ``unjustified disparate impact on African-Americans.''

The NCAA had first asked Buckwalter for a stay until it could develop new rules, citing the confusion and chaos that would result with no standards in place for incoming freshmen. When Buckwalter declined to issue a stay, the NCAA then went to U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, which ruled Tuesday.

OLYMPICS

The Olympics' top official declined a Senate invitation to testify how the IOC is dealing with its corruption scandal, a move one congressional leader said did little to lift the ``dark cloud'' over the games.

As elite sponsors met with Olympic marketers to hear about reforms and ask for ``concessions for damage'' from the scandal, IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch told the Senate Commerce Committee that he was unable to attend hearings April 14 on the Salt Lake City bribery case.

Samaranch gave no reason for declining the invitation and said he hoped Anita DeFrantz, an IOC vice president from Los Angeles, would be allowed to take his place.

BOXING

A judge agreed to release former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall from the Martinsville, Va., city jail May 1 -- almost six months early -- if McCall remains in a drug rehabilitation program.

McCall was arrested Oct. 14 on charges of resisting arrest and assault and battery of a law enforcement officer. He was convicted Dec. 18 and sentenced to one year in jail and 10 years probation, and given credit for the time served while awaiting trial. McCall's past also includes a series of run-ins with the law he has blamed on addiction to crack cocaine.

ELSEWHERE

A tentative deal has been reached to sell the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche and the Pepsi Center to a group headed by a man whose wife is heir to the Wal-Mart Corp. fortune, a newspaper reported.

The teams and the $170 million arena, which is under construction, are owned by a subsidiary of Ascent Entertainment Group and worth at least $400 million, the Denver Post said, quoting unidentified NBA sources.

The group seeking the teams is headed by Bill Laurie, a former basketball player for Memphis State. He and his wife, Nancy Walton, own Crown Center Farms in Columbia, Mo., which raises quarter horses and Appaloosas.

Tools let you control PC, Internet access

Cyberspace is becoming a crowded place these days, and many ofthose places on the Web are just not suitable for your kids.

Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to protect your kids as wellas protect your computer from your kids just plain messing around.

A Sugar Grove company, Security Software Systems Inc., makes CyberSentinel and LockDown, which protect you, your kids and yourcomputer.Cyber Sentinel 1.6 ($29.95) runs in the background on your Windows95/98 or NT PC and monitors usage of both online and offlineresources. The software provides a proactive model for analyzing,monitoring, filtering and blocking undesirable, predatory andsexually explicit computer traffic on your family PC. It is the onlyapplication independent content manager on the market and gives youprotection where and when you need it.A data collection function lets parents review inappropriate andpotentially harmful material gathered from the computer. Aconfigurable feature of the software can display warnings to screenor stealthily gather inappropriate computer usage - which works wellin business and school labs.Cyber Sentinel has two modes of operation: Active Mode pops up awarning screen every time the software detects a violation and grantsyour kids time to exit the offending screen. If the offensecontinues, the software captures and logs the screen to a secureddatabase. Cyber Sentinel can be configured to terminate theapplication after logging the screen violation to the database. Apassword-protected override exists on warning screens that allowsparental override. Stealth Mode keeps track of violations withoutflashing on-screen warnings by capturing the violating screens andstoring them in a password protected database for later review by aparent. Applications can also be terminated at this point. Yourkids are completely unaware of its existence - so, if they neverbreak your home computer access rules, they never get "caught."Security Software has also just launched, with Microsoft, theMicrosoft Safe Kids Web site. This Web site features up-to-dateinformation on how to protect you, your family or your classroom frominappropriate material on the Internet. This Web site was designedby Microsoft in cooperation with the Naperville Police Department'sInternet Crimes Unit. Cyber Sentinel, not surprisingly, is thefeatured tool on this site.If you need to prevent your kids or your employees from usingparticular programs or using specific files, LockDown (also $29.95)will do the trick. Once you select a specific application to lockdown, you can decide to give specific users access privileges. Thatmeans your 18-year-old might be able to use AOL 24 hours a dayunsupervised, while your 11-year-old is limited to two hours a daywhen you can supervise him. LockDown encrypts applications andfiles, protecting them with passwords, allowing parents or employersto decide who can use what and when.LockDown lets you set specific system privileges, so you canprevent your kids or employees from printing, or reaching the Net, orusing the Find command, or other actions you would like to restrict.The software, like Cyber Sentinel, has provisions for using apassword provided by the company should you forget passwords.Don Crabb's column appears Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday and inHomelife on Friday. He can be heard Saturdays from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.on WGN-AM (720). He appears at 7:45 a.m. Thursdays on WFLD-Channel32's "Fox Thing in the Morning" and 5 p.m. Fridays on Channel 32'sFox News Chicago. E-mail: don@doncrabb.com.

The public no longer sees government shutdown as a train wreck

Sometimes you get an idea of the way opinion is headed by thephrases you dont hear. Case in point: In all the discussion anddebate these past weeks about a possible government shutdown ifCongress and President Obama fail to agree on funding bills, I dontrecall having heard the phrase train wreck.

I think thats significant, because back in the 1990s, when then-House Speaker Newt Gingrichs Republicans and President Clintonfailed to reach agreement and the government actually did shut down,train wreck was a common term.

And of course a derogatory one. The implication was that agovernment shutdown was a horrifying mess. In fact, the countryweathered the 1990s shutdowns pretty well. And so did GingrichsHouse Republicans, who lost only nine seats in the next election alot fewer than the 63 seats Nancy Pelosis Democrats lost lastNovember.

Which is not to say that voters view a shutdown as an unalloyedpositive. But youre not hearing it described as a train wreck,either.

House Republicans passed a stopgap funding bill Tuesday that willkeep the government open after a Friday deadline, a measure thatObama and Senate Democrats have signaled they will embrace. But thatwould just postpone the prospect of a shutdown for two weeks. If thegovernment is shuttered then, who would the public blame?

Both sides equally, say pollsters in surveys taken over the pasttwo weeks.

Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, says 41 percent wouldblame Republicans and 39 percent would blame Obama.

Gallup says that 42 percent say Republicans are doing a betterjob of reaching a budget agreement while 39 percent say Democratsare.

The Hill says 29 percent would blame Democrats for a shutdown and23 percent would blame Republicans.

The Washington Post says 36 percent would blame Republicans and35 percent would blame the Obama administration.

Its a general rule that people have more favorable feelingstoward individuals than they do to groups; thats why the president,any president, almost always has better ratings than the Congress.You might want to keep that in mind in interpreting polls pittingthe individual Obama against the group congressional Republicans.

Also keep in mind that opinion is not where it was during theClinton-Gingrich struggle 16 years ago. The Washington Posthelpfully notes that its polling then showed 46 percent blamingGingrich and the Republicans for the shutdown and only 27 percentblaming Clinton.

Were in a different political environment now in two importantrespects. The first is the media. There was no Internet orblogosphere in 1995; Fox News Channel did not start until October1996; talk radio was in its infancy, with Rush Limbaugh already animportant national voice but with few other conservative hosts onthe air.

In that environment, liberal-inclined media were able to tell thestory and frame the issue the way they liked without much dissent.ABCs Peter Jennings could compare voters who supported GingrichRepublicans to infants having a tantrum. Such voices dont have amonopoly today.

The second significant difference is that in the mid-1990s theeconomy was growing and it was not clear why we needed to limitgovernment spending. We could afford more for this, that and theother thing.

Now were in straitened circumstances, just out of a severerecession (though many voters dont think its over just yet) and in avery restrained and anemic recovery. Weve seen that a substantialincrease in government spending from 21 percent to 25 percent ofgross domestic product hasnt done much to stimulate economicgrowth. And weve seen that government kept growing even as theprivate sector suffered.

In that setting, pollster Scott Rasmussen reports that 58 percentof likely voters would rather have a government shutdown until bothparties can agree on spending cuts, while only 33 percent wouldprefer spending at the same levels as last year.

Liberal poll critics may say, correctly, that the question framesthe issue the way Republican politicians would like. But thats thepoint. Republican politicians today have a much better chance topersuade voters to view issues the way they do than they did in theClinton-Gingrich days.

All of which explains why Obama and congressional Democrats seemmore willing to make concessions than Clinton was. And why were nothearing the phrase train wreck much anymore.

Kenya Liberalizes Agricultural Commodity Market

Kenya launched its Agricultural Commodity Exchange (KACE) heretoday to enhance the liberalization of commodity marketing in thecountry.

Speaking at the launching ceremony held here this evening, DariusMbela, Minister for Agriculture, Livestock Development and Marketingsaid that KACE is a "viable private sector initiative".

Following the launching of KACE and its trading floor, theminister said, "Our farmers are now free to sell their produce tomarkets of their choice."When the government withdrew from participation in commoditymarketing in the process of economic liberalization, farmers havebeen left with no guaranteed markets as before.In view of this situation, Mbela noted that his government iscommitted to the reforms which encourage the private sector to playits proper role not only in production but also in the marketing ofthe commodities.According to the minister, KACE can provide a market for farmersto sell their produce as well as the needed information to guidethemin their plans to produce."The farmer and the consumer can meet and strike out fair dealsbetween them, guided by the true forces of supply and demand on themarket to set the fair prices," he stated.On the same occasion, Adrian Mukhebi, Executive Chairman of KACE,pointed out that the KACE was aimed at providing a market wheresellers and buyers of commodities can meet to trade, and providingcurrent market information to assist the sellers and buyers inmakingmore profitable decisions.Once the Nairobi Trade Floor is fully operational, Mukhebi said,KACE shall establish regional branches in different parts of thecountry, to be connected by a modern communication network.He said that KACE had plans to spread its service to eastern andsouthern African markets once commodity exchanges are alsoestablished there.Agricultural commodities will be traded at the KACE trading floorfor immediate delivery and in forward contract and futures' marketsfor delivery at later dates.The trading days have been set for Tuesdays, Thursdays andSaturdays from 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.KACE will start a web site home page on the internet which willenable it to have access to information and commodities on worldmarkets and vice versa.

NSW: Jones denies cash for comment, quits sponsorship anyway

AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-2004
NSW: Jones denies cash for comment, quits sponsorship anyway

Talkback king ALAN JONES continues to deny cash for comment accusations, but says he's
given up his personal sponsorships anyway.

The 2GB broadcaster has told youth radio station Nova 969 that claims he pocketed money
to comment -- or not comment -- on certain companies are fiction.

He says his sponsorship arrangements didn't affect his broadcasting at all.

But he says he's not paid by any companies now because it leaves him open to ridiculous
accusations.

The Australian Broadcasting Authority's cash for comment inquiry has found JONES and
rival talkback host JOHN LAWS committed dozens of breaches of the commercial radio code
of practice.

The inquiry's found the pair's commercial agreements have directly affected news and
program content.

The investigation was sparked by a deal between the broadcasters and major banks in 1999.

AAP RTV bk/mj

KEYWORD: JONES (SYDNEY)

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TAS: Butler will no longer comment on domestic & foreign policy

AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2004
TAS: Butler will no longer comment on domestic & foreign policy

Tasmania's Governor RICHARD BUTLER has agreed to no longer comment on domestic and
foreign policy.

Tasmanian Premier PAUL LENNON says he's spoken to Mr BUTLER, who agrees to no longer
comment on foreign and domestic policy.

He says that agreement is in line with the governor's commitment to former premier
JIM BACON, as stated to the state's Lower House on August the 20th, 2003.

The commitment comes after the former UN chief weapons inspector in Iraq was criticised
by the state Liberal opposition and a federal Liberal senator.

In an address to a business leaders' lunch in Hobart on Tuesday, Mr BUTLER reportedly
said the US reserves the right to beat the living daylights out of anyone who threatens
it.

Hobart's Mercury newspaper says he also warned Australians to be wary of politicians
exploiting the terrorism threat to win votes.

A statement from Government House says Mr BUTLER'S speech should not be misconstrued
as an attack on the US or its president.

AAP RTV las/wz/rh

KEYWORD: BUTLER (HOBART)

2004 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.

FED: Flight attendants cleared of SARS, out of hospital today

AAP General News (Australia)
01-16-2004
FED: Flight attendants cleared of SARS, out of hospital today

A pair of Chinese flight attendants are likely to be released from hospital in Sydney
today after being cleared of SARS.

The two female flight attendants who displayed SARS symptoms have been in isolation
at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital.

But an expert panel has diagnosed one woman with the flu and is confident the …

Fed: Hanson continues to unsettle major parties

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Fed: Hanson continues to unsettle major parties

By James Grubel, Chief Political Correspondent

CANBERRA, Aug 29 AAP - Tony Abbott's long-running campaign against Pauline Hanson hasexposed the murky world of backroom politics and the lengths to which politicians willgo to undermine an opponent.

But none of it should come as any surprise.

The workplace relations minister had made his intentions known publicly in 1998.

Back then, the government was heading towards a federal election on the GST package,with fears that One Nation was set to win a swag of seats in Canberra.

Mr Abbott, then a parliamentary secretary who had ministerial aspirations, took onthe task of doing whatever he could to try to stop the Hanson juggernaut.

In June 1998, Mr Abbott told parliament about his concerns about One Nation's party structure.

"Pauline Hanson's political party is not a political party as such, but a company," he said.

"It is not a democracy, but a business. It does not have thousands of members: it hasjust three directors - the Member for Oxley (Hanson), David Oldfield and David Ettridge."

In the same speech, Mr Abbott raised concerns about the $500,000 of public fundingpaid to One Nation following its stunning results in the Queensland state election.

Mr Abbott's dislike of One Nation and its founders was understandable, given his rolein helping to launch the career of David Oldfield.

Mr Oldfield at one time worked as a political staffer for Mr Abbott. And Mr Abbottonce wrote a famous reference for Mr Oldfield - back before Mr Oldfield threw his weightbehind Hanson.

Mr Abbott long ago publicly acknowledged his mistake.

And in many ways, his campaign at the time was seen as an aspiring Liberal trying toatone for his sin of launching David Oldfield onto the national political scene.

Mr Abbott went about hunting down disaffected One Nation members in a bid to uncoverirregularities about the structure of Hanson's party.

That led him to disgruntled One Nation member Terry Sharples, who was contemplatinglegal action against One Nation.

Mr Abbott offered to find free legal counsel for Mr Sharples' case.

And importantly, Mr Abbott offered to underwrite any costs awarded against Mr Sharplesshould he lose and find costs awarded against him.

That offer is at the heart of the campaign Mr Abbott has found himself fighting offfor the past week.

Mr Abbott's biggest sin, it seems, is denying on ABC television that he offered anymoney to Mr Sharples, when he had in fact offered to meet any costs ordered against MrSharples.

Yet within three weeks, Mr Abbott had established the Australians for Political HonestyTrust, which had $100,000 in its kitty to pay for One Nation legal action.

The workplace relations minister is standing by his comment, claiming a subtle differencebetween offering cash and offering to underwrite a legal bill which might not eventuate.

And he says when he spoke to the ABC, he had not set up the trust.

Fast forward five years and Hanson and Ettridge are in jail after being convicted bya criminal court of fraud in relation to $500,000 in state election funding.

The case was run independently of anything Mr Abbott did, and the two were found guiltyby a jury.

Mr Oldfield is now safely ensconced in a seat in the NSW Upper House.

And politicians from both sides of the spectrum are nervous that the publicity overHanson's crime and sentence will rekindle political support for her party.

The Australian Electoral Commission is now re-examining whether Mr Abbott compliedwith electoral rules on the disclosure of political donations.

So far Mr Howard is standing by Mr Abbott's actions.

As he said during the week, there is nothing wrong with doing everything possible tofight a political opponent.

But Mr Abbott has unwittingly undermined the government's softly-softly approach toits battles with One Nation.

After Hanson's conviction a week ago, Mr Howard and a string of ministers have expressedtheir surprise at the severity of the three-year sentence.

Mr Howard has long known that to attack Hanson and One Nation head-on is counterproductive.

Hanson won almost one million votes at the 1998 federal election - an indication thatshe has a lot of political support in the community.

Direct attacks on Hanson and One Nation tended to shore up the party's political support.

Mr Howard's broader objective has always been to win those voters back to the fold.

That, in some ways, could explain why the government did not want to be seen to becelebrating Hanson's latest downfall.

But in the past week, Labor and Mr Sharples have tried to lay the blame for Hanson'sdownfall directly at the feet of Mr Abbott.

And Opposition Leader Simon Crean has also used the week to launch further attackson government credibility, claiming Mr Abbott and Mr Howard are guilty of misleading thepublic.

If Hanson's new status as a political martyr lasts until the next election, the eventsof the past week could have serious repercussions when it comes to securing preferencesfrom One Nation supporters.

Even from a jail cell, and five years after she last held a seat in parliament, PaulineHanson still has the ability to unsettle the major players.

AAP jg/sb/bwl

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Vic: Retailers largely adhere to Easter trading laws

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2003
Vic: Retailers largely adhere to Easter trading laws

Victorian traders have largely adhered to new Easter Sunday trading laws banning them
from opening today.

But it's been business as usual for FRANK PENHALLURIACK, who defiantly opened the doors
of his suburban Caulfield garden and building supply business.

He says Easter Sunday's traditionally one of his strongest trading days of the year.

But major supermarkets, hardware stores and retailers across the state all stayed closed.

Under the laws, shops can only open today if they employ fewer than 20 people or if
they fall into the exempt category which includes milk bars, petrol stations and news
agencies.

Businesses which flout the law risk prosecution and fines of up to $10,000.

61-year-old Mr PENHALLURIACK spent 19 days in jail in the 1980s for defying Sunday trading bans.

He says he'll refuse to pay any fresh fine and risk jail again.

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Vic: RACV wants petrol tax cut

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Vic: RACV wants petrol tax cut

Victoria's peak motoring body has called on the federal government to cut fuel taxafter petrol rose above one dollar a litre at Melbourne bowsers this morning.

Royal Automobile Club of Victoria government and corporate relations DAVID CUMMINGsays unleaded petrol's selling for up to $1.05 a litre in Melbourne.

But Mr CUMMING says the combination of 37.8 cents a litre in tax and the GST meansnearly …

Fed: 110,000 hectares of land returned to Wagiman people

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Fed: 110,000 hectares of land returned to Wagiman people

CANBERRA, Dec 7 AAP - More than 100,000 hectares of land near Pine Creek in the NorthernTerritory was returned to its traditional Aboriginal owners today.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Philip Ruddock handed back four parcels of land totalling110,000 hectares to the Wagiman Aboriginal Land Trust at a ceremony at Kybrook, southof Pine Creek.

He praised the Wagiman people for working with the legal system to have their land recognised.

"The Commonwealth government recognises the importance of Wagiman land to the traditionalowners, who have cared for their country in the same manner as their ancestors have donefor countless generations," Mr Ruddock said.

He said the land's traditional owners had identified potential for pastoral enterprise,safari hunting, pet meat processing, cultural and eco-tourism and artefact production.

The Wagiman people also plan to manage the environmental concerns of fire, weeds, erosionand feral animals.

The discovery of gold and the advent of the overland telegraph in the 1870s resultedin a large influx of non-Aboriginal people into the region occupied by the Wagiman.

"Unfortunately, the impact if these early contacts by large numbers of non-Aboriginalswas disastrous for the Aboriginal people in the vicinity of the mining district, yet theWagiman persevered," Mr Ruddock said.

"I would like to extend my congratulations to the traditional owners and all the otherclaimants for their success and wish you well in caring for this land."

A formal agreement over the land was reached in November 1999 between the claimants,the Northern Territory government and the Northern Land Council.

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KEYWORD: LAND

World War II diary going home after 61 years

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Dateline: HARRISONBURG, VirginiaGeoffrey Morley-Mower didn't know what to do with it at first.

The tattered leather schoolbook _ a surprise gift from a dying World War II buddy _ contained the furtive recollections of their Royal air force flight commander during the dog days of battle in North Africa.

His name was Lewis Fry "Molly" Malone, a fearless aviator who was shot down over Libya in October 1941. For 61 years, his diary has passed among a fraternity of survivors of the 451 Squadron Royal Australian air force.

Like his comrades before him, Morley-Mower had no idea if Malone had family or how to contact them. The book remained on his shelf for years.

But with the help of an amateur historian from California, Morley-Mower has finally been able to track down two of Malone's nephews. This week, he'll set out on a final mission for his late commander, returning the diary to England.

"I'm charmed to do this," said Morley-Mower, 84, now a literature professor at James Madison University. "Everybody liked him."

Malone, an athletic man with bright blue eyes, had a reputation for bravery _ or craziness. He was known for flying straight into anti-aircraft fire during reconnaissance runs _ stubbornly sticking to the flight plan when anyone else would have pulled up above the clouds.

"In battle, there are some people who don't have any nerves at all," Morley-Mower said. "They're madmen, really. They're the ones who win awards, the Congressional Medals of Honor.

"I went up with him once, and he flew over the most frightening display of anti-aircraft fire, and he didn't even alter his course. I took off _ I thought they were going to shoot me for deserting. But it was crazy to follow him."

Malone, like Morley-Mower was British and on loan to the Australian air force.

In 1988, Morley-Mower received the crumbling journal from a former pilot with the 451st named Ray Hudson, who had gotten it from another pilot.

"He told me 'I'm going to be dying soon and I want to hand it over to someone who will respect it.'" Morley-Mower said.

Morley-Mower used parts of Malone's journal in two war memoirs he has since written and published.

But it wasn't until he met Ray Duke that Morley-Mower learned that he could return the journal.

Duke, 46, a substitute teacher and World War II history buff from Vacaville, California, first contacted Morley-Mower after reading his memoirs two years ago.

"I said 'Why don't we try to find Malone's family?" Duke said. "Geoffrey wasn't exactly born in the Internet generation, so he wasn't exactly sure how we could do it."

Using the Internet, Duke located school officials at Cambridge, where war buddies thought Malone had gone to school. He later found records of Malone at Oxford, and then used school archives to track down Malone's records at an English boarding school.

"I called them and said, 'I'm looking for the relatives Malone, and there they were,'" Duke said.

Two of Malone's nephews, who are now in their 70s, also attended the same boarding school.

"They had thought he simply disappeared," Morley-Mower said. "They were extremely keen on hearing more about him."

On Aug. 8, Morley-Mower expects to meet the two nephews in the Royal Air Force Club in London, completing the diary's 61-year journey.

VIC: Main Stories in today's Melbourne newspapers

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VIC: Main Stories in today's Melbourne newspapers

MELBOURNE, Feb 19 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers:

HERALD SUN

Page 1 - Man arrested over alleged blackmail bid against cricket board; John Elliottmeat companies go into receivership.

Page 2 - George Speight death sentence commuted; Cricket board blackmail bid storyspills from page 1.

Page 3 - David Hicks and SAS trooper killed in Afghanistan lived just kilometres apart;SAS trooper's family to be supported by Black Hawk charity.

World - Bodies found dumped in forest in US crematorium scam; Investigators find Osamabin Laden's phone bill; President Bush visits Japan; Son of Sam serial killer wins paroleboard hearing.

Finance - Bendigo Bank profit up 25 per cent; Reserve Bank deputy governor: Australianeconomy in good shape.

Sport - Collingwood defender Shane Wakelin says Tony Lockett deliberately flattenedhim as a payback for a four-year grudge; Gold medallist Steven Bradbury still celebratinghis win; Bradbury broke, wants to be a fireman, says his mum.

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NSW: Dangerous bugs still living in Sydney's water

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2001
NSW: Dangerous bugs still living in Sydney's water

Three years after Sydney's water crisis, dangerous organisms are reportedly still being
found in the city's water supplies.

A CSIRO report outlined in today's Sydney Morning Herald warns that people's health
is in danger because water is not being monitored for dangerous metals.

The paper says catchment audit, released yesterday, rated one-fifth of Sydney's 1.6
million hectare water catchment as moderate to poor.

The audit also says farm animals can reach and defecate in 38 per cent of all the rivers
in the catchment, posing what it's called "a major risk to Sydney's drinking water supply".

It also warns that the regular detection of cryptosporidium and giardia - the organisms
at the centre of Sydney's 1998 water crisis - remain a concern.

The audit's author JOHN WILLIAMS has told the paper the organisms do not pose a threat
now, but could if the catchment is not handled in a more efficient manner.

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Vic: Motorist on wrong side of highway and six times over limit

AAP General News (Australia)
08-07-2001
Vic: Motorist on wrong side of highway and six times over limit

MELBOURNE, Aug 7 AAP - A motorist with six times the legal limit of alcohol in his
blood was arrested while driving on the wrong side of a Melbourne highway.

Police said the 37-year-old man was pulled over after allegedly driving on the wrong
side of Burwood Highway, in East Burwood in Melbourne's east, just before midnight last
night.

A police spokeswoman said the man, from Glen Waverley in Melbourne's east, later blew
a blood alcohol reading of 0.3 per cent.

She said the man had his driver's licence cancelled.

AAP ac/clr/arb

KEYWORD: DRUNK

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Vic: State guns amnesty to be extended

AAP General News (Australia)
02-22-2001
Vic: State guns amnesty to be extended

Victorian gun owners have been given one last chance to ensure unlicensed firearms
are either handed in or registered.

The State's Police Minister ANDRE HAERMEYER says Victoria will extend its four-year
firearms amnesty, due to finish on Wednesday, for another year.

The extension is a final opportunity for gun owners to either surrender unlicensed
firearms or to have them licensed, otherwise …

Fed: rejoice that footy and Christmas cheer don t coincide

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2000
Fed: rejoice that footy and Christmas cheer don t coincide

(EDS; EMBARGOED TO 0001 DEcember 23)



Sports fans are being urged to relax and enjoy the cricket and tennis over the holidays
because too much stress in the season of indulgence could trigger a heart attack.

A study conducted during the European football championships has found that emotional
stress probably combined with heavy alcohol use and overeating increases cardiovascular
deaths among men.

The research in the British Medical Journal's found that men who have underlying heart
disease may be vulnerable to sports-induced stress.

Researchers from the Netherlands have found that the effect of a single match was detectable
in national mortality figures.

On the day of an important football match, male from heart attack and stroke were significantly
increased with some 41 cases compared with the five days on either side which averaged
27.2 cases.

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Qld: Man arrested after hostel fire to appear in court

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2000
Qld: Man arrested after hostel fire to appear in court

A man captured by police following the Childers backpacker fire will appear in a Queensland
court on Friday.

ROBERT PAUL LONG, 37, was arrested by police investigating the June 23 hostel fire
which killed 15 people - mostly overseas backpackers.

LONG, detained five days after the blaze, was shot in the arm after allegedly stabbing
a police officer in the face when he was tracked down in bushland.

LONG underwent surgery after the incident and was later charged with the attempted
murder of the officer.

He's been kept in custody pending Friday's court appearance in Bundaberg Magistrates Court.

LONG has not been charged over the fire in the Palace Backpackers Hostel.

Queensland police spokesman BRIAN SWIFT has refused to comment on whether LONG will
face further charges.

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WA: PM says gambling a "social evil"

AAP General News (Australia)
02-24-2000
WA: PM says gambling a "social evil"

PERTH, Feb 24 AAP - The abuse of gambling led to many "social evils" and any government
that encouraged gambling had a lot to answer for, Prime Minister John Howard said today.

Mr Howard was commenting after a Melbourne woman was charged with manslaughter yesterday
over the death of her 19-month-old baby after leaving it in extreme heat inside a car
as she gambled at a hotel.

Mr Howard did not comment on the woman's case.

However, the Prime Minister said he was disturbed by the social aspect of gambling,
a habit which "gripped" many people who could …

Fed: MRI scan scam report to be released today

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-1999
Fed: MRI scan scam report to be released today

The long awaited report into the MRI scan scam will be released by the Health Insurance
Commission today.

Opposition health spokeswoman JENNY MACKLIN says as many as 52 radiologists could be
charged for using inside information to take advantage of a Medicare rebate on the magnetic
resonance imaging machines announced in the 1998 budget.

Under investigation is whether radiologists obtained inside information about the proposed
rebate for the $3 million machines, or back-dated contracts to be eligible for the budget
night cut-off date.

The rebate was only available on MRI scanners in service or on order on budget night,
May 12, 1998.

The HIC investigation is not the end of the scan scam, with the Auditor-General's report
still to be released.

The report will examine, among other things, the Minister's role in the scam and whether
or not information was leaked from his office.

AAP RTV eg/rcg/smf

KEYWORD: MRI (CANBERRA)

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VIC: Police chief to release official crime figures on Friday

AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-1999
VIC: Police chief to release official crime figures on Friday

Leaked figures showing increases in crime will be put to the test on Friday, when Victoria
police chief commissioner NEIL COMRIE releases official statistics on the issue.

Victoria's Police Association released information yesterday which it states shows a marked
increase in the state's crime rate.

The figures show a 3.7 per cent increase in the overall crime rate, compared with a 0.3 per
cent decrease in the state reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in June.

Premier JEFF KENNETT has accused the police union of being dishonest, saying they've
deliberately gone out to scare people.

Police Minister BILL MCGRATH says an impending state election is the reason for leaking the
internal police figures.

AAP RTV gfr/kbw/lm

KEYWORD: POLICE VIC (MELBOURNE)

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FED: Costello to hold doorstop on tax reform

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-1999
FED: Costello to hold doorstop on tax reform

Treasurer PETER COSTELLO will hold a doorstop at Parliament House at 4.45pm (AEDT) today to
discuss tax reform.

AAP RTV mfh/nd/jn

KEYWORD: TAX COSTELLO (CANBERRA)

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QLD:Queensland town set to go under water

AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-2012
QLD:Queensland town set to go under water

By Nathan Paull

BRISBANE, Feb 2 AAP - Only divine intervention will stop the small western Queensland
town of Bollon from being completely flooded twice in three years, says the town's mayor.

Balonne Shire Mayor Donna Stewart says Bollon, west of St George, is already cut off
by floodwaters and is likely to be completely immersed again - as it was in 2010.

Things are not looking much better for St George. Ms Stewart says new estimates by
the Bureau of Meteorology predict the Balonne River will rise above 13 metres and homes
will be …

QLD:Recovery Teams ready when Yasi passes

AAP General News (Australia)
02-03-2011
QLD:Recovery Teams ready when Yasi passes

Eight Queensland government Community Recovery Teams of more than 130 people are on
standby to move into the areas affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasi.

The teams will be ready to move in as soon as Police and Emergency Management Queensland
give them the go ahead .. once the areas have been declared safe.

Community Services Minister KAREN STRUTHERS says the sheer scale of the …

NSW:Diary Events, Sunday August 14, 2011

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2011
NSW:Diary Events, Sunday August 14, 2011
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
1100 - Science week opens at SA Museum. Info: Crispin Savage 0434 603 175.

1200 - Protest against live animal exports. Elder Park. Info: Glenys Oogjes 0414 312 552.

BRISBANE
1400 - Ban Live Export rally. King George Square. Contact: Michael Beatty 07 3426 9902
- Royal Queensland Show (the Ekka) (August 11-20), 2011. RNA Showground. Website: http://www.ekka.com.au
- 2011 Xstrata Mt Isa Rotary Rodeo (12-14 August 2011). Contact: Susan Fuller: 07 3303 9966.

CANBERRA
No items listed.

DARWIN
No items listed.

HOBART
No items listed.

MELBOURNE
1030 - Ban Live Export national rally, with speakers Lyn White (Animals Australia investigator),
Dr Hugh Wirth (RSPCA) and Adam Bandt (Federal Member for Melbourne). Steps Parliament
House. Contact: Glenys Oogies 0414 312 552. Website: www.BanLiveExport.com/rally
1100 - State Trustees' connected Art Exhibition, showcasing works of new and emerging
Victorian artists with a disability or mental illness. No Vacancy Gallery. QV Building,
34-40 Jane Bell Lane. Contact: Jo Maloney 03 9667 2856, 0423 027 320. Website: www.statetrustees.com.au
1100 - Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) community open day. South Melbourne
Town Hall, 210 Bank Street, South Melbourne. Contact: Magda Petkoff 0409 436 473. Website:
www.anam.com.au
- Spa and Pool Show. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Website: http://www.spasashow.com.au

PERTH
No items listed.

SYDNEY
0755 - The Sun-Herald City2Surf. Sydney CBD to Bondi Beach. Website: www.city2surf.com.au.

1000 - Australian businessman Clyde Campbell to unveil new multi-million-dollar Parkinson's
Disease Foundation with the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Fox Studios, Boardroom, Level 1,
Frank Hurley Grandstand, Building 61, 38 Driver Ave (Gate D-Professional Entry). Contact:
Peter Laidlaw 0419 210 306, John Hanrahan 0407 881 129.

1100 - Community protest rally against coal seam gas in Putty. The "Wheeny" property,
Putty Rd (between Windsor & Singleton). Contact: Michael McNamara 0418 195 258, Kathy
McKenzie 02 6579 7047.

1430 - Animals Australia and RSPCA Australia to host rally to end live animal exports.

Martin Place, Sydney. Contact: Glenys Oogjes 0414 312 552. Website: www.banliveexport.com/rally
1900 - World Bank Group president Robert Zoellick to speak at an Asia Society dinner.

Level 2, Hilton Hotel, George Street, Sydney. Contact: Nina Fudala 0409 321 918.

SPORT

FUN RUN - City2 Surf -
14 km race from Sydney's CBD to Bondi Beach

AFL -
Rnd 21 - to August 14
1310 - Melbourne v West Coast, Etihad Std
1410 - Richmond v Sydney, MCG
1640 (AEST) - Adelaide v Geelong, AAMI Std

RUGBY LEAGUE - NRL -
Rnd 23 - to August 15
1400 - Canberra v Sth Sydney, Canberra Std
1500 - St George Illawarra v Sydney Roosters, WIN Std

SQUASH - Australian Open C'ships - to August 14
Canberra, ACT

GAMES - XXVI Summer Universiade - to August 23
Shenzhen, China

RUGBY - Tri Nations - to August 27
0330 (AEST) - Australia v Sth Africa, Kings Park Std, Durban

CRICKET - Tour of Sri Lanka - to September 16
2nd ODI
1900 (AEST) - Australia v Sri Lanka, Hambantota

BADMINTON - World C'ships - to August 14
Wembley Arena, London, UK

TENNIS - ATP Masters - to August 21
Cincinnati Open, USA

TENNIS - ATP Masters - to August 14
Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada

GOLF - USPGA C'ship - to August 14
Atlanta Athletic Club, John's Creek, Georgia, USA

BASEBALL - MLB - to September 28
USA

CYCLING (Road) - UCI World Tour - to August 14
Eneco Tour, The Netherlands

CYCLING (Road) - Olympic test event -
London-Surrey Cycle Classic, UK

MOTORSPORT - Moto GP - to August 14
Brno, Czech Republic

GALLOPS -
Narromine
Sandown
Sunshine Coast
Kalgoorlie
Wangaratta
Casino
Hobart
New Zealand
Singapore
Sth Africa
England
Ireland

TROTS -
Melton
Launceston
New Zealand

GREYHOUNDS -
Wagga
Sandown
Albion Park
Strathalbyn
Mt Gambier
Geelong
Sale
New Zealand



AAP RTV ra/tr/mp/wz

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Vic: Thomas case 'trophy trial' for AFP, lawyer says

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2006
Vic: Thomas case 'trophy trial' for AFP, lawyer says

A lawyer says the case against accused terrorist JOSEPH TERRENCE Thomas is a trophy
trial .. designed to portray the Federal Police as being tough on terrorism.

Thomas has pleaded NOT GUILTY in the Victorian Supreme Court to receiving funds from
al-Qaeda .. providing it with resources .. and possessing a false passport.

His …

WA:Teenager dies in crash in Perth's north

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2011
WA:Teenager dies in crash in Perth's north

PERTH, April 17 AAP - A teenager died and another was seriously injured when their
car crashed in Perth's north.

The passenger, an 18-year-old man, died and the 17-year-old boy driving the car was
injured when it crashed in Yanchep at 8.35pm (WST) on Saturday.

Police want to hear from anyone who was in the area or driving on Lagoon Drive around
the time the Holden Commodore sedan crashed.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

AAP anr/goc/

KEYWORD: TOLL WA

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WA:Police warn NYE revellers to be safe

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2010
WA:Police warn NYE revellers to be safe

Perth police are warning New Year's Eve revellers to drink responsibly and have a plan
to get home safely as they see in the start of 2011.

Acting Assistant Commissioner GARY BUDGE says officers will be out in force in the
city's major entertainment precincts .. including Northbridge .. Leederville .. Subiaco
.. Fremantle and the the CBD.

Beachside areas such as Hillarys and Scarborough will also be patrolled .. and eight
buses full of police will be ready to be deployed wherever they're needed.

Mr BUDGE says that way if there's any emerging issues or challenges they can quickly
deployed officers across the metropolitan.

Three booze buses and drug buses will be doing random testing throughout the night.

AAP RTV anr/ldj/sw

KEYWORD: EVE WA (PERTH)

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VIC:New fire commissioner appointed

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2010
VIC:New fire commissioner appointed

The Victorian government's appointed CRAIG LAPSLEY as the state's first fire commissioner.

Mr LAPSLEY will head Victoria's three fire services and will be the highest authority
on days of extreme bushfire danger.

The appointment comes after the bushfires royal commission found there was no single
agency or individual in charge on Black Saturday .. and recommended the appointment of
a fire commissioner.

AAP RTV cmb/gfr/crh

KEYWORD: BUSHFIRES HEAD (MELBOURNE)

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Fed: Govt won't be intimidated by teacher threats: Rudd

AAP General News (Australia)
04-12-2010
Fed: Govt won't be intimidated by teacher threats: Rudd

By Jessica Marszalek

BRISBANE, April 12 AAP - The federal government will not be intimidated by teacher
threats to boycott national tests linked to the federal government's My School website,
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

The Australian Education Union (AEU) is meeting in Melbourne on Monday and is ready
to ban teachers from holding next month's National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy
(NAPLAN) tests.

The union has released independent polling, which shows most public school parents
believe the move would be justified.

Mr Rudd said the union was trying to undermine the government's attempts to better
the school system.

"The Australian government is on the side of parents and we're on the side of My School
because we want to lift the standards of all Australian schools," he told reporters in
Brisbane.

"Therefore the government won't be intimidated by any industrial tactics by anybody
because we believe this reform is necessary for the future.

"Mums and dads across the country want to see how their schools are performing and
how we lift the performance of those schools in the future."

He said no one should fear transparency, which was necessary to decide whether special
investments in certain schools needed to be made.

Mr Rudd also called on Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to make clear his position on the issue.

AEU president Angelo Gavrielatos said the union had been trying for months to meet
Education Minister Julia Gillard to put to her a plan that would protect students from
being stigmatised by "league table" results.

"The choice for the AEU federal executive will be whether to sit back and allow schools
and students to be inappropriately labelled as failures in league tables or to take action
to protect students," he said.

AAP jmm/pjo/maur

KEYWORD: SCHOOLS RUDD

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AAP IMAGE OUTLOOK FOR WEEKEND AUGUST 29-30, 2009

AAP General News (Australia)
08-28-2009
AAP IMAGE OUTLOOK FOR WEEKEND AUGUST 29-30, 2009
Good afternoon Picture Editors, News Editors and Chiefs of Staff,
This is a list of AAP's planned photographic coverage for the coming weekend. This is
a guide only and coverage is subject to change.

AAP Picture desk can be contacted on (02) 9322 8707
View images at the following link www.aapimage.com <http://www.aapimage.com/> . To locate
specific images search the newsroom using keywords in caps below.

AAP IMAGE OUTLOOK FOR WEEKEND, AUGUST 29-30, 2009

SATURDAY
SYDNEY
NRL - South Sydney Rabbitohs v St George Illawarra Dragons - NRL RABBITOHS DRAGONS
MELBOURNE
NRL - Melbourne Storm v Sydney Roosters - NRL STORM ROOSTERS
BRISBANE
A League - Brisbane Roar v Central Coast Mariners - A LEAGUE ROAR MARINERS
GOLD COAST
NRL - Gold Coast Titans v Wests Tigers - NRL TITANS W TIGERS
PERTH
Rugby Union - Australian Wallabies v South Africa's Springboks - RUGBY WALLABIES SPRINGBOKS

SUNDAY
SYDNEY
NRL - Manly Warringah Sea Eagles v Cronulla Sharks - NRL MANLY SHARKS
NRL - Bulldogs v New Zealand Warriors - NRL BULLDOGS WARRIORS
DILI, EAST TIMOR
Ceremonies to commemorate 10th anniversary of the referendum for independence - EAST TIMOR
10TH ANNIVERSARY

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Fed:Back off or risk compromising probe: police

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2009
Fed:Back off or risk compromising probe: police

DARWIN, April 20 AAP - Police have warned political leaders and media commentators
to back off, saying interference and speculation could compromise their investigations
into the asylum-seeker disaster.

Angry Northern Territory Police, leading the probe into the fatal boat blast at Ashmore
Reef, on Monday rejected any suggestion of a cover up.

"Speculation and claims of a cover up are disappointing," Acting Commander Peter Bravos,
who is heading the territory's investigation, told reporters in Darwin on Monday.

The pointed statement came a day after federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull said
the government could face accusations of a cover up unless it gave details of how the
boat blew up, causing the deaths of five asylum seekers and injuring dozens more.

West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has also come under fire for saying in the hours
after Thursday's explosion that he'd been informed asylum seekers on the boat spread petrol
which then ignited "causing the explosion".

Mr Bravos made clear he would not tolerate any further attempts to politicise their
investigation.

"Five people have lost their lives and we will not be responding to or be influenced
by rumour," he said.

"Speculation has the ability to compromise the investigation.

"A public inquest will be held where all information will be canvassed."

In a later statement, he added: "This is a police matter, and recognition of such by
government and government agencies is appreciated".

The government has said only that the explosion was fuel-related and that it would
not speculate on the cause, which was up to investigators to determine.

Mr Bravos said Northern Territory Police were yet to begin interviewing the survivors
- 42 asylum seekers believed to be from Afghanistan, and two Indonesian crew.

Dozens of the survivors remain in hospital in Darwin, Perth and Brisbane. They include
several who remain in critical condition with horrific burns.

Others who received minor burns are due for release from hospital, into the custody
of immigration officials, as early as Tuesday.

Mr Bravos said an investigative team at Ashmore Reef had started interviews with Customs
and Border Protection personnel and had seized debris following Thursday's explosion.

They are expected back in Darwin with the debris and statements later this week.

Burns specialist Fiona Wood and Mark Duncan-Smith, who've been treating some of the
injured at Royal Perth Hospital, said some were doing well and were up and about.

But others remained very ill. On Monday, two patients in the intensive care unit were
still listed as critical but stable condition.

Professor Wood said it had not yet been established where the patients would undergo
rehabilitation, and Customs officials had not yet spoken to the 22 Afghans and one Indonesian
treated in Perth.

In Darwin, three survivors are doing well enough that they may be released to immigration
officials on Tuesday, Royal Darwin Hospital general manager Dr Len Notaras said.

He said the men, aged from their late teens to mid 40s, had been through a lot over
the past few days.

"Seeing the individuals arrive the first day in the early hours of Friday morning,
all they had was the tattered singed clothing they were wearing, and a look of tragedy
of whatever had occurred," Dr Notaras told reporters.

"It was one of those moving moments that brings a lump of sadness into your throat.

They will have very little apart from some scars to remember this."

The hospital's head of surgery David Read said the nine survivors under his care had
a good outlook for recovery.

Meanwhile, four asylum seekers in critical condition in Brisbane face more surgery this week.

Doctors at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital say there has been no change in
the condition of any of the seven people they are treating.

Four with very serious burns remain critical in intensive care, having developed blood
infections. The others are stable.

Burns surgeon Michael Muller said the asylum seekers' poor physical conditions increased
the risk of infection when they were injured.

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